S Increasing Population Will Soon Force a Second High School Building in Salem, and It Should Be a Technical High School
Jfillamette University Badly Needs a New Library Building, and Music and Science Buildings, and Others; How Can She Get Them?
Weather forecast: Cloudy, probably rain
north and extreme west portions; moder
ate temperature; moderate west wind.
Maximum temperature yesterday 57, min
imum 30, river 3.9, rainfall none, atmos
phere clear, wind southwest.
mm
"California hit by strong: gale" says
headline in The Statesman yesterday
morning:. Busy reporter has no time to
read wire news but says he presumes the
wind came from Los Angeles.
ASSVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR
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iTRIBUTES PI
TO LINDBERGH
AT HUGE FETE
Largest Crowds In History
of Havana Turn Out To
Honor Aviator
I MANY YANKEES PRESENT
Cheers Fill Air as Good Will
SX"ec-h is Translated Into Span
ish for Benefit of Tremen
dous Audience
HAVANA. Feb. 10. (AP)
Crowds such as within the memory
of Havana police officials Cuba
has never seen before paid a noisy
tribute to Colonel Charles A. Lind
bergh this afternoon.
Cubans most of them were, but
there were Americans too enough
of them so that when island mili
tary bands played the Star Span
gled Banner, an audible chorus
could be heard singing the refrain.
Cuban youths climbed about me
dais of the statue of Joe Marti to
put themselves head and shoulders
above the masses that thronged
the prado while the city's firemen,
armed with long spiked poles
maintained lines in a semblance
of order so that Lindbergh, Pres
ident Marhado. Ambassador Jud-1
ah and others jot the off leal party
might pass through to the pavil
ion in the center of the famous
parkway.
City's Keys Presented
On that pavilion exactly at noon
Mayor Gomez presented the Amer
ican flier with the keys to the city
and expressed the wish he would
avail himself of its every offer.
The Cuban ambassador to the
United States, Orestes Ferrera,
translated Lindbergh's little speech
of thanks into Spanish for the ben
efit of the assembled multitude,
'".its gist that relations between
.J countries of tfhe Americas
might be improved immeasureably
he thought, as a result of progress
in aviation was borne to them
they broke into renewed cheering,
of which perhaps "Viva Lindy, Vi
va Lindy!" was the only cry that
could be distinguished.
Cheers Drown Greetings
When the flier had finished his
brief say-so. President Machado
grasped his hand and appeared
on the verge vt giving him a "em
brazo," but smiled and spoke with
him for a moment Instead. Cheer-
in? drowned out what they said
and none save perhaps themselves
know Just what passed between
them.
An hour before the ceremony of
the keys this morning, Lindbergh
had received the gold medal of
the Havana province, presented
him by Governor Ynclan. who told
him that all Havana thanked him
for the honor of his visit and hop
ed that he might find his stay
pleasant, to which Lindbergh re
plied that it had been one of the
most pleasant experiences of bis
life and one he would always re
member. U. S. SENATE ACTS
TO BAR COOLIDGE
REJECT ATTEMPT TO INSERT
WORD "ELECTIVE"
Resolution Brought Up by La Vol
l?lte of Wisconsin Curries by
Vote of 56 to 26
WASHINGTON. Feb. 10 (AP)
The senate went on record to
day, 56 to 26, in favor of the re
tirement of presidents "after their
second term."
By this vote the resolution of
Senator La Kollette. republican
Wisconsin declaring this preced
ent established by Washington
and other presidents had become
"a part of our republican system
of government," was approved af
ter four days of debating revolv
ing about its application to Presi
dent Coolidge. The second para
graph of the resolution commend
ing "the observance of this pre
Senator Gillette, republican
drawn by Senator La Follette af
ter Senator Fees, republican, Ohio,
had moved to strike it out.
:" However, an attempt by Senator
Fess to word the resolution to ap-
. . torma waa ATrvhImlnrl rteot-
4ed, 73 to 5. This move which
would obviously except President
Coolidge from the scope of the res
olution was supported only by
Senators Bingham and McLean,
Connecticut; Waterman, Colora
do, and Fess and Willis. Ohio, re
publicans.
Administration republicans had
contended that the paragraph re
flected upon Mr. Coolidge, who,
they contended, might still ac
cept "In good faith" the republi
can nomination. Some democrats
have assailed this paragraph as
not accepting "in good faith" the
announcement of the president
that he did not choose to rua.
Senator La Follette, who said
he proposed his resolution becauevJ
Charles D. Hilles of New York
aid "other powerful factors in the
(Conti in-.,: rn J'?-
EXPLOSION JARS
IMMENSE AREAS
TEX HUGH OIL RE FIXING
STILLS BLOW UP AT ONCE
Large Section Rooked in Vicinity
of Everett, .Mass.; Many
Believi-d Dead
EVERETT, Mass., Feb. 10.
(API With a concussion that
rocked this city and was felt for
many miles beyond, a unit of ten
large stills In the refining plant of
the Beacon Oil company here ex
ploded late today, causing heavy
loss of life. Early tonight the
known dead numbered ten. but it
was believed that other bodies lay
covered -ln the red-hot ruins of
the still section. At least fifty
were injured, many seriously.
Eight charred bodies had been
taken to an undertaking establish
ment and another was taken from
the ruins of the walls of one of
the stills. Vlto Raneso of Everett,
one of 30 injured taken to the
Massachusetts genera hospital,
died there of burns.
The oil company's plant occu
pies a tract of about fifty acfles on
the banks of the Mystic river in
east Everett. The stills affected
form one unit in a total of 2 S In
the plant. R. B. Kahle. president
of the company, said that the ex
plosion probably was caused by
the failure of a low pressure still.
The explosion shattered win
dows for a wide area about the
plant. The stills blew up singly
or in pairs. Flames shot up to a
height of eighty feet above the
100 foot structures and a pall of
dense smoke hung over the plant,
hampering the work of rescue.
About 300 persons were em
ployed in the entire plant, of
whom 150 were In the section
chiefly affected by the explosion.
Most of those killed were at work
about the stills, but in the ma
chine shop nearby four men lost
their lives. When the fire was
brought under control about two
hours after the first shock six ol
the stills bad fallen and the other
four were severely damaged
Kahle set the property loss at
$75,000.
ANDERSON TRIAL FIRST
rtscelvlng Stolen Radios Charge
Faced by Stayton Man
The trial of Walford T. Ander-t
son. charged with receiving a
stolen radio set at his garage in
Stayton, will begin in circuit court
here Tuesday morning at 10
o'clock. The trial will mark the
opening of the February term of
court.
The crime which authorities are
attempting to fix upon Anderion
involves a number of sets which
were being kept at-a garage in
Turner. Several sets were stolen
and officers declare that Ander
son received the majority of them,
but the indictment lists only one,
the idea being that proof mf this
will be sufficient to convict him
of the crime of grand larceny.
Other cases listed on the court
calendar are:
Wednesday, February 15. 9 a.
m.. Heinzelmann vs. Elser.
Friday, February 17, 9 a. m.,
Lawrence vs. Anderson.
Saturday, February 18, 9 a. m.,
Anderson vs. Bello.
Monday. February 20. 10 a. ra..
Hendrickson et al vs. Bearson.
Tuesday, February 21. 9 a. m..
B. F. Goodrich Rubber company
vs. Gibbons.
RULES CHANGE PLANNED
Judith Coshow and Belt Have
Suggestions to Report
Members of the state supreme
court, at a conference next Tues
day, will consider a report to be
Dresented bv Justices O. P. Co-
show and Harry Belt, who re
turned here recently from Olym-
pia. Wash., where they investigat
ed the svstem of conducting the
supreme court of that state.
One of the outstanding recom
mendations would tend to ellm
inate the practice of making the
supreme court of Oregon a trial
court, and confine its duties strict
ly to that of an appellate court.
Other proposed changes in su
preme court procedure in Oregon
would necessitate legislation
which probably will be requested
at the next legislative session.
Under a change of rules adopt
ed by the Oregon supreme court
two weeks ago virtually all of the
cases now on the docket will have
been disposed of within the next
aight months. Beginning March
1 the court will hear five cases a
day.
NAME MILLER PRESIDENT
County Jersey Club Plans Spring
Show, Along With Rest
The annual meetings of the
Marion County Jersey Cattle club
was held Friday at the, Salem
chamber of commerce rooms. The
following officers were elected:
President, Sidney Miller, Wood
burn; vice president, Frank Clark,
Salem; secretary-treasurer, Mrs.
Frank Kuensting, Woodburn; di
rectors. M. G. Gunderson. Silver
ton : C. J. Parker. Turner, and
Frank Kuensting. Woodburn.
The county club plans to coop
erate with the state club this year
In holding a spring-Jersey show.
Representatives from the various
ounty clubs throughout the state
"111 meet in Salem March z tr
Mscuss the plans. M. G. Gunder
on will represent Marion county
t this meeting.
BASEBALL MEN
ORGANIZE NEW
VALLEY LEAGUE
Many Clubs Seek Admission,
Strong Circuit Certain
To Be Formed
MEMBERSHIP STILL OPEN
Salem, Eugene and Albany Cer
tain Members; Toledo and
Wendling Send Represen
tatives, Others Apply
The Willamette' Valley base
ball league was tentatively organ
ized at a meeting in Salem Friday
evening, by action of representa
tives of a number of cities which
may be mem Hers.
Aside from Salem, Engene and
Albany, the membership in the
league Is still an unsettled ques
tion. It was voted by the repre
sentatives present that a commit
tee representing these three cities
be appointed by the temporary
chairman, and that they determine
what other cities will be Invited
to membership.
Committee Named
The committee appointed In
cludes Leo Edwards of Salem,
Donald Husband of Eugene and
Clyde Rupert of Albany. Only
one league officer was elected,
Ralph Curtis of Salem being
chosen as Becretary-treasurer.
At the meeting were representa
tives of two applicants for places
in the league; A. E. Case of To
ledo and E. Amburg of Wendling.
These are smaller cities but they
have turned out ball teams in the
past few seasons that made the
bigger towns step lively, and these
teams are supported by large ag
gregations of baseball-mad fans.
Many Seek Entry
Written applications were on
file from Bend. The Dalles and
Harrlsburg, and sevteral other
clubs are known to he desiring
admittance. -These include Cot
tage Grove and one or two Port
land teams.
Another meeting of the organ
izing committee will be held at
Albany on Monday, February 20.
Meanwhile additional applica
tions for membership will be con
sidered. They should be ad
dressed to Ralph Curtis, secretary
of the league, at The Oregon
Statesman, Salem.
ARGENTINA TO BACK UP
Insistence Not to be Made on
Clause! in Preamble
BUENOS AIRES. Feb. 10.
(AP) It was learned tonight on
what it was considered the most
reliable authority that Argentina
will not insist on the demand of
her delegation at the Pan-Ameri
can congress, at Havana that the
question of economic factors be
included in the preamble of the
projected Pan-American Union
convention.
FIVE SENTENCED
BY JUDGE KELLY
LAUREN WALLACE GETS
THREE YEARS IN PRISON
Frank Feilly Draws a Year, Clif
ford Fultz and Walter Pitta
Paroled
Five jail and prison sentences
were imposed by Judge Percy R.
Kelly in circuit court here yester
day. All were cases where the de
fendants took advantage of the
new Oregon law, waived grand
jury indictment, and pleaded guil
ty. In three of the five cases pa
roles were granted. Sentences were
as follows:
Lauren Wallace, charged with
larcency in a dwelling, sentenced
to three years in the state penitentiary-Frank
Feilly, charged with lar
cency of an automobile, sentenced
to one year in the state peniten
tiary. Clifford Fultz. charged with
forgery of a check, sentenced to
two years in the penitentiary. Pa
roled to George Rhoten, local at
torney. Walter E. Pitts, charged with
writing a check without having
sufficient funds to cover It, 'sen
tenced to one year in county jail
Paroled to George Rhoten, local
attorney.
Norman Christlanson, charged
with theft of two cows, sentenced
to one year in the penitentiary
Paroled to H. B. Evans, cashier of
a bank at Canby.
RUM RUNNERS ARRESTED
Whole Crew of Freight Train
Held in Jail at Bellingham
BELLINGHAM. Wash.. Feb. 10
(Af ) An entire tram crew
was in jail without bail here to
day, the train was under bond, and
what is believed by authorities to
be a unit of a huge liquor smug
gling combine was smashed as re
sult of the seizure of a cargo of
liquor last night, which a few
hours before had been smuggled
across tne Canadian border in a
Great Northern freight train from
Vancouver, B. C.
Coming as the result of the sys
tematic work of officers under
Sheriff T. C. Fraser, A. S. Ather
ton of the United States customs
patrol and a special prohibition ag
ent, 10- cases- and 10-bottles of
liquor were seised It is said, as
men were unloading the contra
band from the train.
APPLICATION FORM NEW
City Changes Method of Permit
ting Electrical Signs
The new application forms for
electric street signs have been pre
pared and were delivered today to
the city recorder's office.
The forms require a full descrip
tion of the signs to be erected,
method of illumination, and" num
bers lamps.
They provide for an agreement
that the signs will be anchored
and attached firmly to the build
ing, and that the city be held not
actionable from any and all dai.
tge resulting from poor construc
tion. The city attorney is now revis
ing 'he light ordinance to give the
light committee more power in
dealing with applicants.
FOR ONCE IT DIDN'T WORK
HICKMAN ADMITS
ONE MORE CRIME
TELLS SIIOOTING-AT WATCH
MAN DURING HOLDUP
Incident Occurs At Kansas City
Several Mouths Before Com
ing To Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 10.
(AP) William Edward Hickman,
now awaiting sentence for the kid
naping and slaying of Marian
Parker, today gave a new confes
sion to his attorneys in which he
told of opening fire on a night
watchman during an attempted
store robbery in Kansas City.
The watchman threw himself on
the floor to escape being shot and
Hickman and Welby Hunt, named
by him as his accomplice In the
robbery attempt, fled, according
to Hickman.
Hunt later corrobortaed Hick
man's story to the extent of ad
mining to officials that he was in
the store with Hickman on the
night named by Hickman. He
refused to comment on the shoot
lng, refusing to say who fired the
shots or whether the watchman
was wounded.
The attempted robbery and
shooting took place, according to
Hickman, two months before be
and Hunt came to California and
engaged in the holdup attempt
which resulted In the shooting and
death of C. Ivy Thorns. Rosehill
druggists. The two youths are
scheduled to go on trial on the
Thorns' murder Feb. 15.
Hickman said that at the time
he was employed In Smeltzer's
store, 1112 Grand avenue, Kansas
City, Mo., and it was there that
the robbery was to be staged.
"I hid on a high shelf and
stayed there until after the store
closed," he said. "Then I opened
a window and let Hunt in. We
were waiting for a chance to rob
the store when someone working
after hours came in. This person
searched the shelves near us but
did not see us. Then the watch
man came along. He tnrew a
light on us.
"I fired at him as he fired in
our direction. He fell .to the floor
to escape being killed 'by me. We
got out through the window and
ran away."
Efforts to check Hickman's
story in Kansas City were made
(Cntiaad on pf 8)
GUARDIAN CASE HEARD
Building and Loan Association
Seeking Injunction
Judge L. H. McMahan of the
Marion county circuit court Fri
day heard testimony in injunction
proceedings filed by the Guardian
building and Loan association of
Portland against Mark McCalllster
state corporation commissioner.
The most important question ar
gued was whetker the building and
loan association has authority to
return memberships at the end of
a year contrary to the building and
loan act.
The court also was asked to
rule on the question of whether
the building and loan association
has authority to use the phrase
"supervised and controlled by the
state of Oregon," after the state
corporation commissioner had ob
jected to such procedure.
Judge McMahan has taken the
case under advisement.
EXPECT DELAY
E
'FOX' TO
Motion For New Trial In
Murder Case To Be Made
This Morning
ARGUMENTS ON TUESDAY
Hickman Awaits Fate In Cell at
Los Angeles County Jail, Al
ternately Laughing And
Scowling
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 10. (AP)
William Edward Hickman's mo
tion for a new trial tomorow
morning probably will postpone
his sentence for the killing of
Marian Parker until Tuesday mor
ning.
This possibility developed out
of a fresh angle in the case which
was a succession of such tangles
since it went to trial under the
new California law governing In
sanity pleas.
Defense Counsel Jerome Walsh
announced today that he would
move for a new trial when Hick
man is called before Judge J. J.
Trabucco tomorrow morning.. Yes
terday, when the superior court
jury held Hickman sane, it was
stipulated that if a motion were
made tomorrow all counsel con
cerned would agree to ignore the
ruling requiring arguments on the
motion to be made within 48 hours
and instead make their arguments
before the court next Tuesday.
Delay Foreseen
This agreement, said Walsh,
would delay passing of sentence
until Tuesday.
Late today Judge Trabucco
could not be located to give his
opinion on the newest phase of the
case, but counsel pointed out that
as the agreement was made with
his approval he would in all proba
bility delay sentence until Tues
day. Archie Moore, clerk of the court
in which Judge Trabucco id sitting.
expressed the opinion that in view
of Walsh's intention to argue hi
motion for a new trial, Hickman's
sentence would be delayed until
Tuesday.
Contentions Listed
Defense Attorneys Walsh antr
Cantillon said that the motion for
a new trial would charge among
other things:
That the law under which
Hickman was tried on his insan
ity plea is unconstitutional.
That the judge committed
grave errors in allowing the state
to change the order in which it
used its peremptory Challenges.
That he erred in allowing the
state to open and close the ar
guments.
That he erred in his instruc
tions to the jury.
That the Jury's verdict was
against the law and evidence of
the case.
While Judge Trabucco would
not make any comment, on hi?
probable decision in the question?
involved, he said he had confi
dence in the right of the legisla
ture to change the law preventing
the defendant from making use
of two defenses and expressed hi?
faith in the soundness of the
principle.
Judge May Act Today
Moore pointed out that If Walsb
submitted his motion without ar
gument the judge's decision would
be announced immediately, and if
the motion were denied Hickman's
sentence would follow without
delay. However, Moore said If
Walsh wishes to present argu
ments he undoubtedly wflT require
time to prepare them and the court
(Continued on page 2)
WILLIS SAYS HE'S DRY
Presidential Candidate Answers
Letter From Borah
WASHINGTON. Feb. 10. (AP)
Pledging of the republican par
ty and its presidential candidates
"to a vigorous, faithful and effec
tive enforcement" of the prohibi
tion laws Is favored by Senator
Willis of Ohio, who recently toss
ed his big black hat into the pres
idential ring.
His views were outlined in a let
ter sent tonight to Senator Borah,
republican, Idaho, in reply to a
questionnaire which the latter ad
dressed to him yesterday.
Besides declaring for a prohibi
tion plank in the party's platform
the Ohloian also declared that if
nominated and elected he would
"put forth every effort to see to
It that the 18th amendment Is ob
served, obeyed and respected and
the laws enacted there under en-
forced."
BRIDGE BENTS IN PLACE
iMt 4L Middle One Will Be
Placed Today, Expected
The last footing -on the three
middle bents of the South Com
mercial street bridge will be
Placed today, if nothing hinders,
R. A. Furrow, bridge engineer,
aid yesterday.
The east half of the bridge I?
being torn away. When this is
completed, work will be com
menced on placing footings on the
end bents. Most of the columns
jve been pouted.
IN SENT
Fine
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U. S. FORCE MUST
GO SAYS SANDINO
REBEL LEADER INTERVIEWED
BY AMERICAN WRITER
FiKl'tJng Will Continue as !ng
as American Marini-s Remain
in Nicaragua .
MAN'ACl'A, Nicaragua. Feh. 10.
(AP)- The possibility of armed
developments within Managua it
self within the next few weeks was
intimated by Augustino Sandino,
rebel leader, in a conversation with
Carleton Deals, American maga
zine writer who arrived here yes
terday with word that he had
spent five hours with Sandino.
Mr. Beals said that Sandino had
told him he could sustain himself
indefinitely that he would continue
fighting as long as American mar
ines remained in Nicaragua. Mr.
Beals also said that Sandino had
told him of the terms he offers for
the restoration of peace and that
these terms had been relayed by
him to the American legation.
Regarding his trip to the moun
tain headquarters of Sandino. then
at San Rafael del Norte, Mr. Beals
said :
"I was escorted from Tegucll-
gapa, the capital of Honduras,' by
a Sandino general and an Italian
guide who avoided the Honduran
troops in Nicaraguan frontier and
landed me in the first Sandino out
post at Limon, Nueva Segovia. I
went unarmed toward El Chlpote
where General Sandino provided
me with an armed escort of 30 men
who conducted me on a four-day
trip to Sandino's headquarters at
San Rafael del Norte.
"I was received with every cour
tesy and consideration and all my
questions were answered freely
and without hesitation. Sandino
has a marvelous fluency of ex
pression and we spoke in Spanish
from four o'clock in the morning
until nine. In the afternoon of the
same day Sandino provided me
with an officer to conduct me to the
automobile line in Sebaco so that
I might reach Managua.
"Sandino declared he could sus
tain himself indefinitely and that
he would continue fighting as long
as American marines remained in
Nicaragua. Unless the American
marines were withdrawn, he said,
he would no longer be responsible
for the lives of American officials
resident in Nicaragua. He also
said that the American public may
xpect armed developments in
Managua itself within a few weeks.
Probably Sandino was willing to
i'ecelve me because I did not makt
.he mistake of approaching him
from the side on which the Ameri
can marines are operating."
:SPEE TRAIN IN WRECK
Icrident Occurs In California 1.
Miles From Sacramento
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 10 (AP,
Southern Pacific train numbei
48, known as the Eldorado, wa
wrecked tonight 15 miles nortL
of Sacramento when the engine
crashed into a mule.
Engineer Walter Shields of Sac
ramento was pinned beneath the
heavy locomotive which with tht
uaggage car was thrown into the
ditch. Reports received here salt,
ae was not dead.
No passengers were reportec
injured seriously.
Doctors and nurses from tin
Southern Pacific hospitals in Sac
ramento and RosevIHe were ru3hed
to the scene of the wreck. Wreck
ing crews also were sent.
Elmer Sweeney of Sacramento
fireman, was rushed to the Sac
ramento.. emergency hospital
where hewas treated for seven
burns received from escaping
steam from the engine. His con
dition Is not serious.
Engineer Shields was rescued
by mechanics and passengers and
rushed to a hospital. His con
dition is serious.
MANY NUMBERS CHANGED
tork One-fourth . Done Flv,
nooks of New Addresses Fileu
Five books of the changes in
street numbers have been filed at
the city recorder's office and the
work of re-numbering ls about
one-fourth done. Robert Crawford,
in charge of the work, said yester
day.
Vhen the city has been entirely
covered and all house owners in-
tormed of the changes of any,
Crawford will make another trip
around to see that the proper num-
Ders are up. Those who have not
compiled will have their mall de
liveries cut oft.
BANKER'S SON STRICKEN
Marshfield Touth Dies as Result
of Infantile Paralysis
MARSHFIELD, Feb. 10.
(AP) James Montgomery, Jr.,
five year old son of J. E. Montgom
ery, president of the bank of
southwestern Oregon died of in
fantile paralysis here late yester
day. J. E. Montgomery, was presi
dent of the Oregon state bankers
association last year.
ARROW DESTROYS SIGHT
Auburn School Pupil Loses Use
or Jt-ye Xnrougn Accident '
Playing with a bow and arrow
yesterday was costly to Herbert
Henney, seventh grade pupil at
Auburn school.
While aiming to shoot at a tar
get, the arrow caught on the bow
was thrown backward, strlkin
the lad In the eye and rendering
It sightless.
HOOVER FITTED
FOR EXECUTIVE
DOESN'T WORRY
Routine That Kills Presidents
Will Have No Terrors
For Candidate
MADE FOR JOB, CLAIMED
Knows His Duty la To Think of
the Big Problems and Delegate
Details To Others; II mm
Faced Gigantic Tasks
By CHARLKS P. STEWART
(Washington Corrpon.in t fir ( -itrl
Prasi and Tha Off am Slttitintn.)
WASHINGTON. Feb. 10. la
one respect Herbert Hoover wa
Planned by nature, and improved
y training and experience, up to
he nth power, for the presidency
jf the United States. The Job's
nutlne can't kill him. It's an
Important qualification.
the routine the ocean of de-
ail is what "gets" most pre
lents these times for there aB
nflnity more of it. with the coun
try's growth, than there ueed to
be.
They struggle to keep on top of
t, but its volume Is too awful,
't simply keeps pouring in unlil
hey flatten out under it. ,
Too Much IxNid
As we know, occasionally on
uccumbs to the load literally
ies down and dies right in of
tce. More have their lives i.hort
ned. The whalebone-and-whipcvrd
Coolidge stands It better thaa
nost. but it's Washington gotwip
hat the main reason he's dropping
mt Is that he's about rached hi
imlt.
Doesn't Phaze Him
Routine doesn't phase H. C.
loover ("C" for Clark, but he
as dropped his middle name, on
he theory that two are as many
ls a great man needs Claris
Coolidge. Woodro'w Wilson, George
vashlngton, and others) one little
it.
It doesn't phaze him because he
loesn't handle it.
Its quantity Is wholly immater
al to him, since the more there Is
f it, the more he unloads upon
ther folks.
It Isn't, of course, that Hoover's
azy. That's the last adjective It
vould be fair, or appropriate, to
pply to him.
It ls that he's an executive
' nd a wonder, as one.
He has grasped the princlpW
hat his stunt is to work his think
ank and let underlings do every
thing absolutely everything
"Ise, and that he mustn't ever
Mother to think, except about ibr
nost important matters.
If Secretary Hoover were eu
"eptlble to being overworked
vhen you stop to consider. be'f '
e overworked as head of the
ommerce department.
Quite a few members of the
-ablnet are overworked, and the
ommerce department in vol vet
wice the detail, and ten time
5he variety, of any of the others
But Hoover Isn't weighed riovr
iy his burden.
He isn't down so mighty early ii
he morning, he takes plenty '
ime for lunch, and he goes hon
(Continnd on pf 2)
MINE FIRE CUTS
OFF FORTY MEN
RE8CTKR8 UXABI.E TO RKAt 'l
UNDERGROUND WORKERS
Four Demi Bodies Brought U
Surfaee I-ate Yesterday; Wom
oh Weep at Tragedy
1
TORONTO.
Feb. 10. (AIM
scorn men er
Almost two
trapped by fire
in the Holliag
mine at Timmins today and as Y
rescue work went forward thei
wives and children waited at th
shaft head, weeping and prayi&s.
Four bodies were brought oat
but several hours after the ftrt
broke out in excavations 550 fee.
underground, rescue crews had e
yet been able to reach the plar
where 31 more miners were
lieved to be imprisoned, their es
cape if they are still alive, u
off by fumes from the fire.
All work in Timmins was balte
and the citizens turned out in fore.
to offer assistance In the recn
work. C. O. Williams, general tv
erlntendent of the mine, took pet
sonal charge of the work, leadinr
rescue parties on frequent descent
into the shaft number 1 in hope
eventually getting below It.
fourth, fifth and sixth levels wiwr
the men were trapped and Iiodia
some outlet for them.
These trips into the shaft wei
of necessity of short duration
the smoke ana gas was
Rescue work was seriously hand .
capped by lack. of oxygen for la
respirators worn by the volume
rescuers.
Although the fire was at the SI
foot level the fumes penetrated 1
he 1800 foot level. It was bellewev
ie fire might well burn for a
rni iIavb before it could
brought under control.